A spacecraft reaction control system comprising: a spacecraft having a center of mass; a length of tether extending from said spacecraft and offset from said spacecraft's center of mass and means for controllably changing said extension of said offset such that a variable force is exerted upon said spacecraft by said tether, said force being offset from said center of mass.
Tether for spacecraft reaction control system
2023-08-15
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
IPC: | B64G Raumfahrt , COSMONAUTICS |
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